Table 1.
Over the Last 2 Weeks, How Often Have You Been Bothered by the Following Problems? | Not at All | Several Days | More Than Half the Days | Nearly Every Day |
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1) Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2) Not being able to stop or control worrying | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
3) Worrying too much about different things | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
4) Trouble relaxing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
5) Being so restless that it is hard to sit still | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6) Becoming easily annoyed or irritable | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7) Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Note: A score ≥8 is a reasonable cut-off for needing further identifying evaluation to determine presence and type of anxiety disorder. GAD-7 score obtained by adding score for each question (total points).